id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-9664 John Home - Wikipedia .html text/html 1650 169 73 Rev John Home FRSE (13 September 1722 – 4 September 1808) was a Scottish minister, soldier and author.[1] His play Douglas was a standard Scottish school text until the Second World War, but his work is now largely neglected. Home died at Merchiston Bank, near Edinburgh, in his eighty-sixth year.[1] He is buried in South Leith Parish Church.[4] He died on 4 September and was buried on the 5th. The Works of John Home were collected and published by Henry Mackenzie in 1822 with "An Account of the Life and Writings of Mr John House," which also appeared separately in the same year, but several of his smaller poems seem to have escaped the editor's observation. See also Sir W Scott, "The Life and Works of John Home" in the Quarterly Review (June 1827).[5] Douglas is included in numerous collections of British drama. "Review of The Works of John Home, Esq.; now first collected: to which is prefixed an Account of his Life and Writings. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-9664.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-9664.txt